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Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • development sociology

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My research covers three related areas that include the sociology of education, social change, and the demography of inequality. I have recently developed a conceptual and analytical framework for estimating how much contemporary demographic transitions in developing countries can affect the formation of human capital in these regions. I am now applying this framework to study these dividends in six or seven African countries. This work speaks to policy efforts to expand schooling in developing countries, and to scientific questions about dividends from demographic transitions.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Penn State University, 1997

Research Grants

  • POPULATION PROGRAM TRAINING GRANT
  • SCHOOLING AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS IN A CONTEXT OF FERTILITY DECLINE: A SUB-SAHARAN CASE STUDY
  • FELLOWSHIP FOR VONGAI KANDIWA

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • A.E. Calves. "Till Marriage Do Us Part: The Family Returns to Female Education in Cameroon. " Comparitive Education Research 50(1): 1-20. 2006
  • Y. Sakabe and V. Kandiwa. "The Rise of African NGOs: Functional or Opportunistic Rise? " The Current 10(1): Fall 2006. 2006
  • 2006 L.B. Williams. "The Effects of Family Size on Child Schooling: A Reexamination. " Demography 43(1): 25-52. 2006
  • D. Shapiro. "Confiage d'Enfants et Niv?lement des In?galit?s Scolaires au Cameroun. " Cahiers Qu?becois de D?mographie 34(1):47-75. 2005
  • "Pregnancy-Related Dropouts and Gender Inequality in Education: A Life Table Approach and Application to Cameroon. " Demography 41(3):509-528. 2004
  • C.S. Stokes. "Teen Pregnancy and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis. " Demographic Research 11(11):305-322. 2004
  • J. DaVanzo. "Economic Downturns and Schooling Inequalities: Cameroon 1987-1995. " Population Studies 57(2):183-197. 2003
  • C.S. Stokes. "Will Economic Crises in Africa Weaken Rural Urban Solidarity? Evidence from Cameroon. " Rural Sociology 67(2):278-298. 2002
  • "Is There Population Implosion? " Environmental Change and Security Project Report 7:13-15. 2001
  • C.S. Stokes and G.T. Cornwell. "Are There Crisis-Led Fertility Declines? Evidence from Central Cameroon. " Population Research and Policy Review 19:47-92. 2000